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Year:: 2019
Contributor:: Emily Rauscher (author)
Genre:: grey literature
Subject:: school funding; achievement; inequality; K-12 Education; Finance; Inequality

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Abstract:: Contradictory evidence of the relationship between education funding and student achievement could reflect heterogeneous effects by revenue source or student characteristics. This study examines potential heterogeneous effects of a particular type of local revenue – bond funds for capital investments – on achievement by socioeconomic status. Comparing California school districts within a narrow window on either side of the cutoff of voter support required to pass a general obligation bond measure, this study uses dynamic regression discontinuity models to estimate effects of passing a bond on academic achievement among low- and high-SES students. Results consistently suggest that passing a bond measure increases achievement among low- but not high-SES students. However, these benefits for low-SES students are delayed and emerge 6 years after an election.

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Emily Rauscher, "Delayed Benefits: Effects of California School District Bond Elections on Achievement by Socioeconomic Status" (2019). EdWorkingPapers.com Archive. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:956678/

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Delayed Benefits: Effects of California School District Bond Elections on Achievement by Socioeconomic Status